Details are still scant, and US officials declined to offer specifics because of “operational security,” but the UAE has apparently sought US air support and logistics help for the offensive, knowing the administration is eager to go after AQAP.

While we don’t know who is doing the fighting, the smart money is on the UAE using their “second army,” a group of mostly Colombian mercenaries initially created by Blackwater founder Erik Prince, as the UAE has already been using these mercenaries in the other Yemen war.

AQAP holds considerable territory in Yemen, including virtually the whole Abyan Province and the major southern port of al-Mukallah. Ironically, though AQAP had some territory in Abyan before, the Saudi war, which both the US and UAE are involved in, was the opportunity by which AQAP gained much of its territory.

Author: Jason Ditz

The best friend that dictators ever had, this is Empire USA, for a rich man’s paradise has always been our beloved USA.

So, if we want to get our troops out of the Middle-East, we must first outlaw wealth. For wealth is the property we own above what is needed for a healthy lifestyle, wealth makes you willing to go to war to protect wealth and to fight for more wealth.

And wealth is an evil luxury that no one in the impoverished lower-half of society has ever had a change to lust after.